diff --git a/src/saveload/linkgraph_sl.cpp b/src/saveload/linkgraph_sl.cpp
--- a/src/saveload/linkgraph_sl.cpp
+++ b/src/saveload/linkgraph_sl.cpp
@@ -53,11 +53,23 @@ const SaveLoad *GetLinkGraphJobDesc()
 	static std::vector<SaveLoad> saveloads;
 	static const char *prefix = "linkgraph.";
 
+	static const SaveLoad job_desc[] = {
+		SLE_VAR(LinkGraphJob, join_date,        SLE_INT32),
+		SLE_VAR(LinkGraphJob, link_graph.index, SLE_UINT16),
+		SLE_END()
+	};
+
+	/* The member offset arithmetic below is only valid if the types in question
+	 * are standard layout types. Otherwise, it would be undefined behaviour. */
+	static_assert(std::is_standard_layout<LinkGraphSettings>::value, "LinkGraphSettings needs to be a standard layout type");
+
+	/* We store the offset of each member of the #LinkGraphSettings in the
+	 * extra data of the saveload struct. Use it together with the address
+	 * of the settings struct inside the job to find the final memory address. */
+	static SaveLoadAddrProc * const proc = [](void *b, size_t extra) -> void * { return const_cast<void *>(static_cast<const void *>(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(std::addressof(static_cast<LinkGraphJob *>(b)->settings)) + extra)); };
+
 	/* Build the SaveLoad array on first call and don't touch it later on */
 	if (saveloads.size() == 0) {
-		size_t offset_gamesettings = cpp_offsetof(GameSettings, linkgraph);
-		size_t offset_component = cpp_offsetof(LinkGraphJob, settings);
-
 		size_t prefixlen = strlen(prefix);
 
 		int setting = 0;
@@ -65,20 +77,12 @@ const SaveLoad *GetLinkGraphJobDesc()
 		while (desc->save.cmd != SL_END) {
 			if (desc->desc.name != nullptr && strncmp(desc->desc.name, prefix, prefixlen) == 0) {
 				SaveLoad sl = desc->save;
-				char *&address = reinterpret_cast<char *&>(sl.address);
-				address -= offset_gamesettings;
-				address += offset_component;
+				sl.address_proc = proc;
 				saveloads.push_back(sl);
 			}
 			desc = GetSettingDescription(++setting);
 		}
 
-		const SaveLoad job_desc[] = {
-			SLE_VAR(LinkGraphJob, join_date,        SLE_INT32),
-			SLE_VAR(LinkGraphJob, link_graph.index, SLE_UINT16),
-			SLE_END()
-		};
-
 		int i = 0;
 		do {
 			saveloads.push_back(job_desc[i++]);